Ideas from 'A Free Will' by Michael Frede [1997], by Theme Structure

[found in 'A Free Will' by Frede,Michael [Univ of California 2011,978-0-520-27266-8]].

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / e. Late classical philosophy

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In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists

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In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity

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For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis)

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The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

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There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion

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The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us